Kindergarten Performance Task

Subject: Science Topic: Animals

Created by: H. McAnespie, Spring 2009

Performance Task- GRASPS

Goal- You will find and show what animals are in the Pet Store.

Role- You will be a pet store manager with the opportunity to organize the pet store.

Audience- You will be presenting to the Pet Store.

Situation- There is a giant piece of white butch paper in each corner of the room.

It will become your area of the pet store. You will need to group animals in families and make displays for them.

· Group #1 will have animals that fly

· Group #2 will have animals that are big

· Group #3 will have animals that live in the water

· Group #4 will have animals that are small

Product/Performance: You will draw and label your section of the pet store and all the groups will come together to make the entire pet store. We will post and present our pet store to the pet store workers, Pre-K and parents.

Standard/Criteria for Success- see rubric

Pet Store Rubric
	WOW!	Good!	Needs work
Why is it here?	There is a thoughtful reason for each animal’s placement into the pet store display. (6)	There is a reason for at least 3 animals in the display.	There are reasons for 0-2 animals in the pet store.
Sorting	We sorted our animals.		We did not sort our animals.
Matches	We matched all parents with their baby animals. (6)	At least 3 matches were made.	0-2 matches were made.
Drawing	All 6 animals were clearly drawn and colored.	At least 3 animals were drawn.	0-2 animals were drawn with or without color.
Cooperation and polite teamwork	Team worked well together!	The team tried hard to work together.	The team struggled to work together.